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2006

Macias v. County of Los Angeles (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 313

Civil rights action arising from search of residence pursuant to search warrant

Shelden v. Grossman (Oct. 3, 2006, B184270) 2006 WL 2808155 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR appellate lawyers Ted Xanders and Robin Meadow were responsible for the victory in this legal malpractice/fraud action against a law firm. The plaintiff alleged that the firm had helped its client, the plaintiff’s stepfather, to induce the plaintiff’s mother to leave all her property

2006

Wang v. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Sept. 25, 2006, No. A113936) 2006 WL 2724062 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR appellate lawyers Carolyn Oill and Marty Stein represented GMSR’s client, a medical center. The plaintiff sued for allegedly “falsifying” her medical records. The trial court dismissed the action when the plaintiff failed to amend the complaint after a demurrer was sustained with leave to

2006

Hughes v. Reynolds (Sept. 20, 2006, A108283) 2006 WL 2687001 [nonpublished opinion]

Probate court’s independent discretion over custodial accounts established under Uniform Transfer to Minors Act

2006

In re Estate of Hughes (Sept. 20, 2006, A109497) 2006 WL 2686989 [nonpublished opinion]

Propriety of trustee accountings and asserted violations of trust; executors’ asserted gross negligence in paying claims against estate

Zand v. Old Republic Title Co. (Aug. 21, 2007, G035874)

Plaintiff alleged title insurer negligently concluded that consent wasn’t necessary to transfer title to property that he and his ex-wife had owned. After GMSR filed its Respondent’s Brief, the plaintiff folded.

2006

Burrus v. City of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2006) 197 Fed.Appx. 665

In a memorandum decision, the Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s pro se complaint against the County of Los Angeles and one of its jail physicians for negligence and medical malpractice. Resting on an argument made in GMSR’s appellees’ brief, the opinion

2006

Feied v. Regents of University of California (July 24, 2006, A112481) 2006 WL 2046963 [nonpublished opinion]

Marc Poster secured this victory in association with University counsel. A former University of California employee sought continuing retirement benefits even though he had cashed out of the University’s retirement system when he left University employment many years ago. First, he lost a state breach

RLI Insurance Co. v. CNA Casualty of Cal. (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 75

RLI held that an excess insurer cannot sue a primary carrier in subrogation for bad-faith refusal to settle, where the underlying claim was not tried and the insured suffered no excess judgment.  Laurie persuaded Division 2 of the Second District to reject Division 1’s contrary

In re Marriage of Kim (June 27, 2006, B180883) 2006 WL 1743464 [nonpublished opinion]

Applicability of equitable estoppel to preclude enforcement of judgment lien on residential property